Their guide - the first ever to focus on the architectural wonders of the West Coast of the USA - provides visitors with an expertly curated list of 250 must-see destinations.

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Lubell and Bradley talked through their picks from the Palm Springs section of the book before a ticketed audience at the town’s CAMP venue on 350 South Palm Canyon Drive.

The Kaufman House by Richard Neutra. Photograph by Darren Bradley. As reproduced in Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USA

Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USA focuses on both the populist Rat Pack-era butterfly roofs and Tiki flourishes common within Palm Springs, as well as more refined pieces of mid-century architectural heritage, such as John Lautner’s Pearlman Cabin (below), a tree trunk and plate glass construction in a wooded plot on Palm Springs' periphery, and Richard Neutra’s elegant, flat roofed Kaufmann House (above), built for the very same department store mogul who commissioned Fallingwater from Frank Lloyd Wright.

John Lautner’s Pearlman Cabin. Photograph by Darren Bradley. As reproduced in Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USA

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